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Heading up the Joint Chiefs of Staff: 5 notable chairmenhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3674418-heading-up-joint-chiefs-staff-5-notable-chairmen.html
A "joint board" bringing together top leaders of the U.S. military was established in 1903 during President Theodore Roosevelt's administration. It gained members after World War I but remained largely advisory. The joint board was eclipsed during World War II by a "unified high command" that became known as the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The National Security Act of 1947 formal...Fri, 10 Jul 2015 07:44:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3674418-heading-up-joint-chiefs-staff-5-notable-chairmen.html2015-07-10T07:44:00ZStates vary in success at improving high school grad rateshttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3542464-vary-success-improving-high-school-grad-rates.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The record high American graduation rate masks large gaps among low income students and those with disabilities compared to their peers.
There are also wide disparities among states in how well they are tackling the issue. "This year, we need to sound a stronger alarm," said Gen. Colin Powell and his wife, Alma Powell, in a letter releas...Tue, 12 May 2015 18:19:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3542464-vary-success-improving-high-school-grad-rates.html2015-05-12T18:19:00ZObama on protests: 'There are consequences to indifference'http://www.mail.com/news/politics/3524396-obama-protests-there-consequences-to-indifference.html
NEW YORK (AP) — In a deeply personal response to outbreaks of racially motivated protests, President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a lack of opportunity in minority communities and harsher treatment of black and Hispanic men by police for fueling a sense of "unfairness and powerlessness."
The country's first black president called for a nationwide mobiliz...Tue, 05 May 2015 03:37:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3524396-obama-protests-there-consequences-to-indifference.html2015-05-05T03:37:00ZFormer CIA leader defends drone strikes, torturehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3524382-cia-leader-defends-drone-strikes-torture.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama ordered a barrage of CIA drone strikes in Yemen in 2013 that killed the al-Qaida operatives behind the most serious plotting against American interests in years, a former CIA leader says in a new memoir that broadly defends the targeted killing of terrorists.
When the U.S. closed 20 diplomatic facilities across the...Mon, 04 May 2015 18:55:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3524382-cia-leader-defends-drone-strikes-torture.html2015-05-04T18:55:00ZKerry pledges closer US ties with reform-minded Sri Lankahttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3520062-kerry-pledges-closer-us-ties-with-reform-minded-sri-lanka.html
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday championed the new Sri Lankan government's push for democratic reform and promised closer ties with the strategically located Indian Ocean nation.
"In this journey to restore your democracy, the American people stand with you," said Kerry, on the first visit to the island in a decade...Sat, 02 May 2015 17:30:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3520062-kerry-pledges-closer-us-ties-with-reform-minded-sri-lanka.html2015-05-02T17:30:00ZKerry travels to Sri Lanka to cheer on democratic reformshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3519726-kerry-travels-to-sri-lanka-to-cheer-democratic-reforms.html
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — John Kerry is making the first visit to Sri Lanka by a U.S. secretary of state in a decade, seizing a rare opportunity to champion democratic reform and to tighten ties at a strategic crossroads in the vast Indian Ocean.
The top American diplomat arrived early Saturday local time in Colombo, where he planned to meet with Presiden...Sat, 02 May 2015 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3519726-kerry-travels-to-sri-lanka-to-cheer-democratic-reforms.html2015-05-02T03:00:00ZPelosi: Republican inquiry on Clinton hypocriticalhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3426722-pelosi-republican-inquiry-clinton-hypocritical.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday mocked a Republican investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton's email practices, calling it part of an ongoing attempt to investigate Clinton, "whether it's her emails or it's her hair."
Pelosi accused House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans of hypocrisy in calling for Clinton to tu...Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:48:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3426722-pelosi-republican-inquiry-clinton-hypocritical.html2015-03-19T18:48:00ZState: No record of Clinton signing separation statementhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3421586-state-record-clinton-signing-separation-statement.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Tuesday it had no record showing that Hillary Rodham Clinton signed any official statement attesting that she had turned over all unclassified documents related to official business when she left her post as secretary of state in 2013.
Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that Clinton's two immediate predecesso...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:40:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3421586-state-record-clinton-signing-separation-statement.html2015-03-17T18:40:00Z